Preparation, Characterization, and Some Reactions of Cationic Hydrido Carboxylato Complexes of Molybdenum(IV), [MoH2(O2CR)(dppe)2]+

Abstract
Cationic carboxylatodihydridomolybdenum(IV) complexes, [MoH2(O2CR)(dppe)2]BPh4 (R=CH3, C2H5, CH2=CH, and CH2=C(CH3); dppe=Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2), were prepared by treating [MoH4(dppe)2] with RCOOH followed by anion exchange with NaBPh4, and characterized spectroscopically. A possible pathway of the reaction is discussed on the basis of the experiment using CH3COOD. Light irradiation of the EtOH solution of the cationic acetato complex in the presence and absence of CO afforded the known cis-[Mo(CO)2(dppe)2] and the neutral hydridoacetato complex, [MoH(O2CCH3)(dppe)2], respectively.

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